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Hundreds of Students Rally at the Capitol as House Passes Don’t Say LGBTQ Expansion
On Transgender Day of Visibility, hundreds of students rallied at the Florida Capitol as the House voted 77-35 to pass HB 1069, expanding the Don't Say LGBTQ law through eighth grade, banning correct-pronoun mandates, and accelerating book bans.
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Psychologist Blasts Reps. Fine & Massullo For Lying About Research
Massachusetts psychologist Dr. Sebastian Barr accused Reps. Randy Fine and Ralph Massullo of misrepresenting his research on transgender mental health to justify HB 1421, the Trans Ban bill. Equality Florida said the sponsors were caught lying about data.
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Resistance Report Week 1: What can you do to get involved?
Equality Florida's Resistance Report covered the advancement of SB 254, criminalizing gender-affirming care, through its final committee stop, and the Trans Ban bill HB 1421, including a strike-all amendment forcing detransition of minors and banning telehealth for adults.
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Resistance Report Week 3: The Attacks are Escalating
Equality Florida's Week 3 Resistance Report detailed escalating attacks as SB 254 cleared its final committee stop and the Trans Ban HB 1421 advanced, after Republicans rejected an amendment to allow care preventing suicide in severe gender dysphoria cases.
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Resistance Report Week 2: Here’s what you need to know
Equality Florida's Week 2 Resistance Report recapped the Pride at the Capitol kickoff and the advancement of bad bills including the Don't Say LGBTQ expansion and the bill criminalizing gender-affirming care, with calls to contact lawmakers.
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Hundreds Attend Pride at the Capitol to Condemn DeSantis’ Anti-LGBTQ Agenda
Hundreds of LGBTQ Floridians and allies traveled to Tallahassee for Pride at the Capitol to denounce more than 20 anti-LGBTQ bills filed in the 2023 session, though bills to expand Don't Say LGBTQ and criminalize gender-affirming care still advanced.
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Tampa Bay Lightning and Orlando Magic Celebrate LGBTQ Community By Honoring Equality Florida Leaders
The Tampa Bay Lightning and Orlando Magic honored two Equality Florida leaders, Mark Puskarich and Rene Cantu, for their LGBTQ advocacy, with the Lightning's recognition including a $50,000 contribution to the organization.
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2023 Equality Florida Legislative Slate
Equality Florida released its 2023 Legislative Slate, outlining opposition to bills including the Don't Say LGBTQ expansion, the 'MAGA University' higher education censorship bill, partisan school board elections, and the Trans Ban and gender-affirming care criminalization bills.
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Bill to Criminalize Gender Affirming Care Filed in Florida Senate
Sen. Clay Yarborough filed Senate Bill 254, a sweeping bill that would impose felony penalties on parents and providers offering gender-affirming care to minors and let courts upend custody agreements. Equality Florida called it an authoritarian assault on parental rights.
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Representative Randy Fine Files Bill to Ban Transgender Floridians
Rep. Randy Fine filed HB 1421, which Equality Florida described as a transgender ban that would prohibit gender-affirming care for youth, restrict private insurance coverage, and bar transgender people from being legally recognized on birth certificates.
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